Check out this shark caught off Mass. I think a whole swimmer could be swallowed hole by the look of this picture
is that thing real?
yeah its real
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4746503/detail.html
people have a misconception that most shark attacks are from great whites, but the large majority are from tiger sharks.
Nope. Still #2. Sharkweek on Disco. 
That’s a huge fockking fish. Even still the odds of someone getting hit by a flying toilet lid while standing bucknaked in a phone booth are higher than getting bitten by a shark. Ok, maybe a bit of anexagerration but you get my drift.
http://www.outdoorsbest.com/sharks/myths_063005/
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/sharks1.html
**400 **years of data - odds are in our favor
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/Statistics/species2.htm
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/ISAF/ISAF.htm
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/photogalleries/sharks/sharks.html
i stand corrected. thanks for the great links.
Never quite understood the world’s fascination with killing sharks for sport, they’re a pretty endangered species. If it was a whale or a dolphin we’d be up in arms screaming, Quite sad really
They are so mean and scary! I don’t get it either.
They are so mean and scary!
My neighbor has two. She lets them out in the yard, and it isn’t even fenced. I’m worried for my kids.
Hey, I live on the Vineyard, where that photo was taken. The 1100 pound tiger shark was brought to the weigh-in station just minutes outside the time limit, rendering its death truly futile. At any rate the beast was caught far south of the Island; think 50 miles.
Never quite understood the world’s fascination with killing sharks for sport, they’re a pretty endangered species. If it was a whale or a dolphin we’d be up in arms screaming, quite sad really
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Whales / dolphin - Mammals - the master race. Everything else is barbecue.
Thats a pretty poor attitude. Given sharks are an apex predator, it’s incredible what happens to the marine ecosystems when you start wiping them out.
Thankfully I live in Australia where people recycle, care for their environment and protect both land and marine ecosystems.
I’d like to know the length of that shark. Yes it looks huge the way it’s been photographed, but I doubt it is more than about 12-15 feet.
That’s a big fish, but remember that the camera adds ten pounds.
I don’t get the whole hunting mentality period. I’ve scuba dived with sharks (nothing nearly as big as this)and love/respect these creatures. They are becoming endangered. A creature as magnificant as this one should have been left alone in it’s natural habitant.
I don’t hunt, but I get the mentality and I don’t have a problem with it. I do like fishing for stripers, blues etc. But sharks are being fished out and that is scary and wrong. There doesn’t seem to be any real push to limit shark fishing and there won’t be until there aren’t any sharks left in the ocean. It really
I live in a rural area where the November deer hunt is a sort of cult religion. I have nothing against hunters, it’s just that I’m not into it. There’s also always a few morons that give the rest of them a bad reputation.
Given sharks are an apex predator, it’s incredible what happens to the marine ecosystems when you start wiping them out.
Sharks are just big fish. They’re not all endangered, either. (But why ruin a good environmental rant with nuance like that, right?)
Thankfully I live in Australia where people recycle, care for their environment and protect both land and marine ecosystems.
Ha ha ha!!! This the same Australia that harvested the grey nurse shark into near extinction for its skin and liver oil? Yeah, you guys are much more noble than the rest of us. Give me a break.
The problem I see with shark attack stats is that how many people do you see swimming in shark infested waters. I am guessing that if swimmers were to swim into the tiger shark infested waters you would see that attacks are likely.
Here’s the study that needs to take place to validate your argument:
Put one hundred bucknaked people in phone booths around the city and count how many get hit in the head by a flying toilet lid. Then put one hundred bucknaked people in tiger shark infested waters (sufficiently spread out). I am willing to wager you will see a few shark fatalities and nobody with a toilet seat lid logged in their head.
(Nice thoughts for a Thursday)
When was that beast caught? I’m surprised that she ventured that far north, your waters must have been quite warm.
The problem I see with shark attack stats is that how many people do you see swimming in shark infested waters. I am guessing that if swimmers were to swim into the tiger shark infested waters you would see that attacks are likely.
That’s a point I often make. It’s the same thing with mammals. Where I live I am virtually unaffected by small mammals … squirrels, groundhogs, mice, etc. Those animals don’t normally attack something as big as me. Now, put me in an environment with mammals/carnivores bigger than I, such as bears, cougars, mountain lions, tigers, lions, etc … and I would suggest my odds of being attacked increase.
In short, I am not surprised that in shallow water, humans are not often attacked by the majority of shark species (most of which are under 3 feet long). I’m especially surprised (sarcasm) that in shallow water, humans are not often attacked by larger, deep-water-dwelling sharks.
Where is everyone making the argument that Grizzly Bears are harmless because Grizzly Bear attacks in South Chicago are extremelly rare? (that’s an analogy, kinda)
Here’s the study that needs to take place to validate your argument:
Put one hundred bucknaked people in phone booths around the city and count how many get hit in the head by a flying toilet lid. Then put one hundred bucknaked people in tiger shark infested waters (sufficiently spread out). I am willing to wager you will see a few shark fatalities and nobody with a toilet seat lid logged in their head.
Think: Navy shipwrecks. Nothing sparks a large shark’s “curiousity” like shipwrecks. 
Some of the links above addressed this issue.